Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes
Subtitle: accompanied with free remarks on the practice of the moderns, and liberal hints cordially intended for their advantage ; to which are annexed twenty-four designs of classical subjects invented on the principles recommended in the essay
By: by George Cumberland.
Contributors: Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Series: Blake -- no. 706
Publisher: Printed by W. Wilson ...; and sold by Messrs. Robinson ...; and T. Egerton ...
Published: 1796
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Classicism in art; Composition (Art)
Notes: Of the 24 plates, 15 were engraved by Cumberland, 8 by William Blake, and one (the frontispiece) is unsigned.

William Blake was probably the writing-engraver for all the plates, for they all exhibit the backward-serif 'g' peculiar to Blake. Cf. Bentley

Plate 1 is the frontispiece.

Bentley, G.E., Blake books, 447

Bentley, G.E., Blake books, Suppl., pp. 205-206.

Gift to Victoria University Library (Pratt Rare copy). Frye, Elizabeth and Jane Widdicombe.

Gift to Victoria University Library (Blake no. 706). Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.

Victoria University Library copy 1 pages are untrimmed; copy 2 pages are trimmed (28 cm.).

Victoria University Library copy 1 has plate 8 bound in front, after 1st fly-leaf.

Victoria University Library copy 2 has p. [1-4] (2nd group) bound in front of p. i-iii (1st group); and has blank leaf bound in after p. [54].

Victoria University Library copy 2 is inscribed by Cumberland on the first fly-leaf; it has underlining and some notations in ms. throughout; and has armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.